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Hi, my store is up with the FreeMerchant.com store builder. I am interested in promotion through search engines and the WebPosition Gold software reviewed by SitePoint sounds great, but I am wondering if it won't work for me because I am basically just uploading images into a template set up by FreeMerchant.com. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

Well, I don't think you can promote your URL a lot in search engines because you cannot own your own domain name. If you insist in using this kind of free service, you may need to promote your site through other means like email, etc. So sorry to say that more and more SE do not accept sites without its' own url.

That is exactly what I have. My domain name is ******** and I have it forwarded to my store's URL at *********. What then would be the best way to promote my site for search engines? Should I use software, an online service, hire someone, do it manually, or something else? Also, what are the drawbacks of using URL forwarding like I am? What are the alternatives? Thanks a lot!